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In cavernous beer barns across Australia, sweat and smoke condensed on ceilings and rained down on t-shirted blokes, crushed like fish in cans, desperately shielding foamy glasses from stray elbows. In front of them, bands flailed away at four-square guitar anthems. Lights blinded. Amps sucked electricity until the grid buckled. Singers shouted to be heard. It was loud. It had o be. In early 1980s, they were always, always trying to drown our the noise from the bar.
Not Drowning, Waving arrived with other ideas. Why not play in places that didn't fit the description? Why not write songs with texture and space as well as melody and rhythm? Songs with colours from the non-rock palette: piano, violin, cello, harmonium and a whole library of things that go clack and thud when you hit them?And why not turn for inspiration to places generally overlooked, from the acoustic and electronic lines of old Europe to the indigenous atmospherics of this country and the islands that surround us?
credits
released May 29, 2018
NDW Guest Musicians Over The Years
Another Pond - Darren Geraghty, Jacqui Rutten, Philip Finker, Tanya Smith, Paul Healy, Andrew Richardson
The Little Desert - Tanya Plack, Philip Wales
Cold and The Crackle - Robby Douglas Turner, Greg Osbourne, John Handlie, Michael Branagan,
Claim - David Scarfe, Al harding, Marie McMillan, Janette Geri, Kieren Casey, John Murphy, Gnarnayarrahe Waittairie, Theresa Black, Bugs and Daffy
Tabaran - Moab Stringband: George Telek, Keni Water, Minies Bilak, Mosley Wanaot, Kaul Wartir, Wargi Pindiat. Matupit Chior: Gideon Nakikus, Alfred Mangut, Kuak Madao, Wesley Uruduk, Rokus Madao. Panpipe Bougainville Boys: William Karanta, Greg Kungka, Herman Kogiau, Martin Kewari, Peter Konala, John Bunsip, Simon Auwai, Patrick Kirah, Joachim Lummani, Daniel Kameketa. Pacific Gold Boys: Fabian Tadoi, Kamit Mamua, Kennedy Toliman, Karen Casey, Hope Csutoros, Amanda Brotchie. Warren Siebet, Maurice Lacy.
Hammers - Jen Anderson, Jeremy Smith, Jack Howard and Michael Waters.
Circus - Hugh Jones, Natasha Atlas, Inder Matharu, Simon Clarke, Roddy Lorimer, Tim Saunders, Neil Sidwell, Charlie Hart.
We are grateful to Amanda Brotchie for delaying her film making career and adding her unique sound in those early days.
Thank you Penny Hewson, your talent, humor and strength inspired and enriched those long tours and recording sessions. The corn chips were handy as well.
Thanks to all artowrk & film clip contributers, management & record label allies, sound & lighting and live road crew & studio.